Project Planner V

Business Unit Job Title: Execution Coordinator 

The Execution Coordinator ensures safe and efficient delivery of large modifications, major maintenance, and refurbishment programs on the North Slope. The role provides on-site coordination across multiple work groups during construction and simultaneous operations (SimOps), resolving conflicts, maintaining compliance, and enabling smooth execution from planning through closeout. This includes daily SimOps coordination across operations, maintenance, contractors, O&M, drilling, and wells to keep activities aligned and conflict-free. Execution Coordinators are expected to travel ~10% of time. 
  Accountabilities  Field execution & simultaneous operations (SimOps) oversight 

• Coordinate execution of large projects and SimOps, ensuring safe and efficient use of shared field resources 

• Anticipate and resolve spatial, temporal, or resource conflicts between groups 

Safety & compliance leadership 

• Ensure full compliance with HSE Management System during execution, making safety and environmental protection the top priority in all decisions and actions 

• Enforce adherence to site standards and regulatory requirements in daily activities 

Cross-functional coordination 

• Align contractors, operations, and maintenance teams to execute work packages 

• Provide field feedback to planners, engineers, and supervisors to improve constructability and readiness 

Continuous improvement 

• Identify and drive improvements to SimOps, contractor integration, and execution efficiency 

• Capture and share lessons learned from commissioning, punch-listing, and closeout  

  Tasks & responsibilities  Pre-execution readiness 

• Support Long Range and Infrastructure Planners with constructability reviews, contracting input, and se validation 

• Provide input on estimates, monitor budget impacts, and manage se changes through the planning phase 

Execution coordination 

• Act as the on-site coordinator linking maintenance teams with resident and third-party contractors 

• Oversee daily SimOps to avoid space, time, or resource conflicts between simultaneous activities 

• Coordinate logistics (flights, billeting) for infield activities including East-West flights and CD3 visits for O&M activities 

• Coordinate response and execution of emergent work (e.g., pipeline leaks, drill site shutdowns, and other unplanned events) 

• Coordinate all POP activities from rig handover to first oil to drive schedule performance 

Monitoring & reporting 

• Track progress of construction work, including cost performance and se changes, and updating monthly plans and budgets 

• Maintain records of punch lists, commissioning activities, and project closeout deliverables 

Communication & escalation 

• Act as primary point of contact between field crews, supervisors, Anchorage-based teams, and contractors during execution phase 

• Escalate resource and schedule conflicts, safety issues, or material delays promptly for resolution 

  Key stakeholders 

• Wells Facility Planners 

• Maintenance Schedulers 

• Shift Operations Supervisors 

• Senior Operators 

• Maintenance Supervisors 

• Wells Delivery Lead 

• Project Planners 

• Resident & 3rd-Party Contractors 

  Performance metrics 

• Schedule compliance % (jobs completed vs. jobs scheduled) 

• Project schedule 

• Daily execution schedule 

• Planned vs. actual hours variance 

• HSE compliance (TRIR, recordables, safety observations closed) 

• % of projects delivered on budget 

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